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"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague." -Cicero

Filmmaker Crosses U.S.-Mexico Border Dressed as Osama bin Laden

BORDER PATROL MISSION

"The priority mission of the Border Patrol is preventing terrorists and terrorist weapons, including weapons of mass destruction, from entering the United States. Undaunted by scorching desert heat or freezing northern winters, they work tirelessly as vigilant protectors of our Nation's borders." -U.S. Customs and Border Protection website

Investigative filmmaker James O’Keefe donned an Osama bin Laden mask
and sneaked across the Rio Grande in his new media stunt meant to expose
the vulnerabilities of the U.S.-Mexico border.“I’m at the Rio
Grande river. I’m about to cross into the United States just likes
thousands of illegal immigrants do every single year,” Mr. O’Keefe, of
Project Veritas, says in the video released Monday.He
is seen wading up to his shins across the 20-foot wide river from
Mexico into Hudspeth County, Texas — this time wearing a white
button-down shirt and slacks.“I don’t see a single federal
officer anywhere,” he says after easily crossing. “No walls, no guns, no
people. Totally peaceful, quiet and serene. I’m in the United States.
And let me tell you something, if the president or if [Nevada Sen.
Harry] Reid or anyone else tries to tell you that our borders are
secure, they are lying to you. Because that was just about the easiest
thing I ever did. It may be difficult to get from South America to that
point, but crossing that river? No problem.”Mr.
O’Keefe even points out an old foot bridge in case “you don’t want to
get your feet wet.” He then proceeds to take the six-mile walk to
Interstate 10, which he reaches without a hitch.“From here I can
get anywhere in the United States,” he says before going back to try the
stunt again, this time as the world’s most infamous terrorist.“I
see no border patrol. I see no security. Thousands of people have stood
in my footsteps right now. They’ve come from South America, Honduras,
Guatemala, and they’ve all crossed the border. And if they can cross,
anybody can cross,” says Mr. O’Keefe, dressed in military fatigues and a
plastic bin Laden mask and turban. He makes the trip again unfettered.“If
you think four strands of barbed wire is securing the border then I
guess it’s secure,” Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West says in the
video. “You hear the rumors of boots on the ground and more agents. We
got plenty of agents, they just need to be on the border. Look around
you. You look miles and miles in either direction and there is not a
border patrol agent.”